Communicative Ai - A Critical Introduction to Large Language Models

Large Language Models (LLMs), like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's LaMDA, are not only the most disruptive and controversial technologies of our time, but also offer an unprecedented opportunity to examine human cognition and philosophically question the very nature of language, communication, and intelligence. What is consciousness? What is language? Are LLMs authors? Are LLMs the end of writing as we know it?In Communicative AI, Mark Coeckelbergh and David J. Gunkel offer a critical introduction to LLMs, investigating the philosophical significance of this technology and its practical ramifications. Mobilizing resources from contemporary philosophy, history of ideas, linguistics, and communication theory, the book invites us to re-think some long-standing philosophical issues concerning language, consciousness, truth, authorship, and writing. Through a blend of theoretical analysis, accessible explanations, and practical examples, the book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the role that this powerful new technology is already playing in our lives. This is a must-read for students and scholars across the humanities and the social sciences, as well as for anyone intrigued by the intersection of technology, language, and human thought.

List of contents

Foreword

Introduction
1. LLM 101
2. Ethical, Legal and Societal Challenges
3. Intelligence, Consciousness and the Problem of Other Minds
4. Language, Meaning and Communication
5. Authorship and Authority
6. Truth, Lies and Hallucinations
7. Does Writing Have a Future?

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Product details

• Authors: Mark Coeckelbergh, Mark (University of Vienna Coeckelbergh, Coeckelbergh Mark, David J. Gunkel, Gunkel David J.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2025
• EAN: 9781509567591
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-6759-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; PHILOSOPHY / General, Artificial Intelligence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy, Social forecasting, future studies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Media studies: internet, digital media and society, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General